Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate

Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate
by George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel (by Philip Mercier)
CatalogueHWV 278, 279
Year1713 (1713)
PeriodBaroque
GenreSacred choral music
Text
LanguageEnglish
Performed13 July 1713 (1713-07-13): London St Paul's Cathedral
Movements17 (10 + 7)
VocalSSAATTBB choir, solo: 2 sopranos, 2 altos, tenor, bass
Instrumental
  • 2 trumpets
  • timpani
  • flauto traverso
  • 2 oboes
  • bassoon
  • 3 violins
  • viola
  • cello
  • continuo
St Paul's Cathedral, 18th century

Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate is the common name for a sacred choral composition in two parts, written by George Frideric Handel to celebrate the Treaty of Utrecht, which established the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, ending the War of the Spanish Succession. He composed a Te Deum, HWV 278, and a Jubilate Deo (Psalm 100), HWV 279. The combination of the two texts in English follows earlier models. The official premiere of the work was on 13 July 1713 in a service in St Paul's Cathedral in London.